Toilet-bowl.



M. J. CARROLL.

TOILET BOWL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. a. 1917.

Patented July 24, 1917.

w w w w ATTORNEYS Nl I? MICHAEL JOSEPH CARROLL, 0F ELIZABETH, NEWJERSEY.

TOILET-B OWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2%, 1917..

Application filed March 3, 1917. Serial No. 152,244.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. CARROLL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Toilet-Bowl, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a toilet bowl having in itsside a well in communication with the interior of the bowl at and abovethe water seal, so that a disinfectant or germ destroyer may beintroduced into the bowl through the communication above the water seal,and the disinfectant may be fed to the bowl through the communication atthe water seal.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingspecification, in which the preferred form of the invention isdisclosed.

In the drawings similar reference characters denote similar parts in allthe views, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation illustrating atoilet bowl provided with my improvement; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. l.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the toilet bowl 5provided with my improvement, is preferably constructed in one piece,with a well 6 at its side which is in communication with the water seal7 of the toilet bowl through an opening 8, the well 6 being also incommunication with the toilet bowl above the water seal through anopening 9. The bottom of the well 6 is below the top of the water sealso that a disinfectant 10 which may be introduced into the well 6through the opening 9 will be normally submerged when disposed at thebottom of the well, and will be slowly fed to the bowl through theopening 8.

When the toilet closet is operated an additional supply of water will beintroduced into the well 6, since a portion of the water directed intothe toilet bowl through the annular opening 11 will find its way intothe well 6 through the opening 9.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A toilet bowl having a water supply rim and a side which extendsdownwardly and inwardly therefrom, there being a well in the said sideof the toilet bowl and there being two openings in the side oneaffording communication between the bottom of the well and the interiorof the toilet bowl and the other affording communication between the topof the well and the interior of the toilet bowl below the water supplyrim, the last mentioned opening serving to permit of the introduction ofa disinfectant into the well from the interior of the toilet bowl whichdisinfectant will be watered by the passage of water down the said sideof the toilet bowl from the water supply rim and through the opening atthe top of the well.

2. A toilet bowl having a water seal and a water supply rim and a sidewhich extends downwardly and inwardly therefrom, there being a well inthe said side of the toilet bowl and there being two openings on theside one alfording communication between the bottom of the well and theinterior of the toilet bowl adjacent the water seal and the otheralfording communication between the top of the well and the interior ofthe toilet bowl below the water supply rim, the last mentioned openingserving to permit of the introduction of a disinfectant into the wellfrom the interior of the toilet bowl which disinfectant will be wateredby the passage of water down the said side of the toilet bowl from thewater supply rim and through the opening at the top of the well.

3. A toilet bowl having a water supply rim and a side which extendsdownwardly and inwardly therefrom, there being a well in the said sideof the toilet bowl and there being two oblong horizontally disposedopenings in the side one affording communication between the bottom ofthe well and the interior of the toilet bowl and the other affordingcommunication between the top of the well and the interior of the toiletbowl below the water supply rim, the last mentioned opening serving topermit of the introduction of a disinfectant into the well from theinterior of the toilet bowl which disinfectant will be watered by thepassage of water down the said side of the toilet bowl from the watersupply rim and through the opening at the top of the well.

MICHAEL JOSEPH CARROLL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

